IP Library Granted Patent US 12,035,571
Granted Patent B2
US 12,035,571 · App. 17/578,536 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Display device

Inventor: Kenji Harada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
H10K59/122H10K50/822
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Patent No.
US 12,035,571
App. No.
17/578,536
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a base, a first insulating layer, first and second lower electrodes, a second insulating layer including a first opening, a second opening, and a first trench, an organic layer including a light-emitting layer and an upper electrode, and the first trench includes a bottom surface and first and second side surfaces, an interval between the first side surface and the second side surface in an upper portion of the first trench is smaller than that in the bottom surface, and the organic layer includes a first portion covering the first lower electrode, a second portion covering the second lower electrode and a third portion disposed on the bottom surface.

Claims (37)

1. A display device comprising:

a base;

a first insulating layer disposed on the base;

a first lower electrode and a second lower electrode, disposed on the first insulating layer;

a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and including a first opening overlapping the first lower electrode, a second opening overlapping the second lower electrode, and a first trench located between the first opening and the second opening;

an organic layer including a light-emitting layer; and

an upper electrode covering the organic layer, wherein

the first trench includes a bottom surface and first and second side surfaces rising from the bottom surface,

an interval between the first side surface and the second side surface in an upper portion of the first trench is smaller than an interval between the first side surface and the second side surface in the bottom surface of the first trench, and

the organic layer includes:

a first portion covering the first lower electrode located in the first opening and covering the first surface of the second insulating layer located between the first trench and the first opening;

a second portion covering the second lower electrode located in the second opening and covering the second surface of the second insulating layer located between the first trench and the second opening; and

a third portion disposed on the bottom surface of the first trench and spaced apart from the first portion and the second portion.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first portion, the second portion and the third portion include light-emitting layers of the same color.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the upper electrode covers the third portion inside the first trench and is in contact with the first side surface and the second side surface.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first portion comprises a first layer, a second layer and a third layer, stacked one on another, and is in contact with the first side surface,

an edge portion of the first layer is covered by the second layer in the first side surface,

an edge portion of the second layer is covered by the third layer in the first side surface, and

the light-emitting layer is one of the first layer, the second layer and the third layer.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the second insulating layer further comprises:

a second trench located on an opposite side to the first trench while interposing the first opening therebetween; and

a third trench and a fourth trench, each connected to both the first trench and the second trench, and

the third trench is located on an opposite side to the fourth trench while interposing the first opening therebetween.

6. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a display area which displays images and a non-display area around the display area;

a power line located in the non-display area; and

a peripheral electrode located in the non-display area and electrically connected to the power line, wherein

the second insulating layer covers the peripheral electrode, and

the upper electrode is connected to the peripheral electrodes via a contact hole formed in the second insulating layer in the non-display area.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the organic layer further comprises at least one of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an electron injection layer, and an electron transport layer.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first trench penetrates the second insulating layer to the first insulating layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2022
From: HARADA, KENJI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 058687/0353 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-008036 · Jan 21, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220231100A1 · Jul 21, 2022
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